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US9627774B2
US9627774B2 US14/489,997 US201414489997A US9627774B2 US 9627774 B2 US9627774 B2 US 9627774B2 US 201414489997 A US201414489997 A US 201414489997A US 9627774 B2 US9627774 B2 US 9627774B2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/0006—Particular feeding systems
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    • H01Q1/24—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
    • H01Q1/241—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM
    • H01Q1/246—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM specially adapted for base stations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q23/00—Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q25/00—Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/26—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/26—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
    • H01Q3/267—Phased-array testing or checking devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q5/00—Arrangements for simultaneous operation of antennas on two or more different wavebands, e.g. dual-band or multi-band arrangements
    • H01Q5/50—Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04B17/00—Monitoring; Testing
    • H04B17/20—Monitoring; Testing of receivers
    • H04B17/21—Monitoring; Testing of receivers for calibration; for correcting measurements
    • H04B17/22—Monitoring; Testing of receivers for calibration; for correcting measurements for calibration of the receiver components
    • H04B17/221—Monitoring; Testing of receivers for calibration; for correcting measurements for calibration of the receiver components of receiver antennas, e.g. as to amplitude or phase
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    • H04B17/10—Monitoring; Testing of transmitters
    • H04B17/11—Monitoring; Testing of transmitters for calibration
    • H04B17/12—Monitoring; Testing of transmitters for calibration of transmit antennas, e.g. of the amplitude or phase
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B17/00—Monitoring; Testing
    • H04B17/20—Monitoring; Testing of receivers
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  • Each base station antenna controls an area with a certain range (referred to as a sector or a cell) and radiates or receives an electromagnetic wave within the area.
  • a radiation radius may be controlled through a method of controlling a downtilt of a major lobe, where the larger the downtilt of the major lobe is, the smaller the radiation radius is.
  • a center of an area covered by the sector of the cell may be controlled by controlling a horizontal direction of the major lobe of the antenna, and a horizontal coverage range of the radiation may be controlled by controlling the horizontal beam width of the major lobe.
  • An active antenna system refers to a system formed by integrating an active transceiver and an antenna, which is a new type of a base station architecture.
  • the AAS as compared with a conventional antenna system, reduces the feeder loss, makes it more convenient to adjust a wave beam of an antenna, and meanwhile has certain advantages at the utilization rate of frequency spectrum resources.
  • the present invention further provides a communication system including an antenna system as stated in the foregoing.
  • FIG. 5 is a fourth specific schematic constitutional diagram of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a specific schematic constitutional diagram of an antenna device having multiple columns of antenna arrays when the antenna device is externally connected to an active or a passive module according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • the antenna system includes an antenna device 1 . Further, the antenna system may also include an active module 3 and/or a passive module 2 .
  • the first radio frequency unit may include a second primary phase shifter and a remote radio unit (RRU), in which, the remote radio unit is configured to mutually convert and process the first digital signal and the second radio frequency signal.
  • the second primary phase shifter is configured to perform phase shifting on the second radio frequency signal.
  • the RRU may be constructed by a transceiver (Transceiver, TRX) and a base-band intermediate frequency module.
  • TRX Transceiver
  • the TRX performs processing on an analog signal
  • the base-band intermediate frequency module converts the analog signal to a digital signal, and further processes the digital signal.
  • an antenna system including the foregoing first active module in an embodiment of the present invention is shown.
  • An RRU in the first active module is connected to a BBU in a distributed base station, and the first active module may exchange a signal with the BBU through a fiber or a small signal coaxial cable, where the RRU may be a physically independent RRU, mounted on or below the tower, or may be an RRU module semi-integrated with the antenna device. This case is referred to as an RRU form.
  • an RRU module of 1.8 GHz is divided into two paths through a power splitter of 1.8 GHz and is connected to two columns of antennas through coaxial extended interfaces and signal multiplexers, so as to form horizontal wave beams with a width and a direction needed by the 1.8 G
  • An RRU module of 2.1 GHz is connected to four columns of antennas through a four-path power splitter network of a power splitter of 2.1 GHz and through coaxial extended interfaces and signal multiplexers, so as to form horizontal wave beams with a direction needed by the 2.1 G.

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